Terrifying & True | The Egging Murder

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What could be more innocuous than something
as simple as a childish prank like egging

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a house or throwing toilet paper in
the trees? But what if there was

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something more devious behind the intent and
eggs weren't the only things that were going

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to be thrown, as a firearm
would get involved and lives would be lost.

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What you were about to the spurs
to be based on witness accounts,

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testimonies, and public record, this
is terrifying and true. Tonight we'll be

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raising some serious questions about life and
death, the unpredictability of it all,

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and how one gunshot can leave hundreds
mourning death, No doubt, is difficult

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to deal with, but when it
comes to murder, it gets even more

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challenging, especially when the murder is
as senseless as the case we're diving into

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tonight. So get yourself some Halloween
candy, a cozy blanket because it's fall

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now, and get ready with the
Halloween season upon us. This story may

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not take place on the holiday,
but it involves a favorite pastime of Halloween.

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We'll dive into the gruesome details after
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a quiet town in Georgia, on
a fateful summer day, an ill and

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mentioned prank took a dark and deadly
turn. It was July third when three

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teenagers, Sidney Maugan, Jeremy Munson
and Mackenzie Davenport left on a mission to

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aga house. While this may sound
like typical rebellious teenage behavior, unfortunately this

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was no ordinary act of mischief.
It was driven by an ongoing lover's quarrel.

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As the sun began to set,
the teens targeted the house of Jonathan

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Gilbert and Griffin, a twenty two
year old man who had recently achieved certification

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as a cell phone tower engineer in
Texas and had returned to Georgia understanding very

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little about the gravity of the situation
and how their senseless act would not just

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alter their own lives, but also
break the lives of many others. At

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around four thirty pm, Jonathan,
also known as Tyler Lane, noticed the

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teenagers egging his house, which was
located on Dobbin's Mill Road. Consequently,

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he went out of his house unarmed
to confront them. Not realizing that his

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desire to protect his house would eventually
lead to his untimely demise, he went

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ahead and tried to stop the teens, angrily accusing them of vandalizing his property.

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And it was this exact moment that
set the stage for a tragedy as

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what began as a mischievous prank swiftly
escalated into a catastrophe. This is what

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happened as Jonathan tried to knock some
sense into the teens. They argued,

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but after a few unpleasant exchanges,
the teenagers rushed to their car. One

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of them pulled out a gun and
shot him multiple times. His lifeless body

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was left alone on the road as
the teens sped off. What's even more

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tragic here is how the teens also
snatched a necklace Tyler was wearing after shooting

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him. This necklace contained his father's
ashes. Just imagine for a moment his

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plight dying from gunshots, having someone
of such high emotional value being snatched away

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from him in his very last moments, absolutely heart wrenching. So pretty much,

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in a matter of a few painful
seconds, Jonathan Gilbert lost his life.

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One very important detail that remains unclear
here, though, was their intentions.

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Did the teens plan on only egging
the house or was killing a thought

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as well? But if it wasn't
premeditated, Why would a bunch of teens

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carry a weapon with them that's not
exactly normal even in Georgia. There is

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a theory which suggests that this was
all very clearly planned out. The teens

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would start vandalizing his property, wait
for him to notice, and as soon

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as he would come out of the
house, they would use their weapon to

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shoot him. While the reasons behind
their hatred for Jonathan were quite childish,

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as will soon address, many found
it difficult to believe that a bunch of

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teens could kill someone so young over
something so ridiculously small. However, if

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we think of the event from that
perspective, the idea that it was all

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planned out does make a lot of
sense. This angle of the case in

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particular, has been popularly discussed since
the day of the crime. While many

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believed that this was never a mischievous
prank to begin with, others argue that

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it was only Gilbert's anger that instigated
them to fire. Moving forward, Sidney

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Maugan, Jeremy Munson, and Mackenzie
Davenport now faced an unthinkable fate, charged

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with the malistitious murder of Jonathan Gilbert. Witnesses who were present at the crime

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scene when the murder took place reported
all the information to the police. This

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information led investigators to a cell phone
number linked to one of the suspects and

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eventually to the vehicle believed to be
involved in the crime. A gun was

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also discovered in the vehicle, which
the Sheriff's office suggested was the firearm used

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to shoot and kill Gilbert. Authorities
identified Morgan as the one who pulled the

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trigger in this tragic incident. However, investigators asserted that all three individuals bear

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responsibility because they collectively embarked on a
criminal mission that led to a fatal outcome.

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The Spalding County Sheriff, Daryl Dix, made it clear that their collective

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actions held them all responsible for this
tragedy. Dix even went as far as

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to state that they went to egga
house, all three of them as a

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group, a seemingly trivial act,
and yet it culminated in a loss of

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life. A young man confronted them, hoping to protect his property, and

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he paid the ultimate price. The
teenagers then callously drove away, leaving his

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lifeless body in the middle of the
road. They had done all of this

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together, so all three would suffer
the consequences. In addition to the grave

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charge of malice murder, the trio
also faced accusations of battery and criminal trespassing.

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Sidney Maugan, believed to be the
one who fired the fatal shots,

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along with Jeremy Munson, faced even
more serious charges, including murder, aggravated

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assault, and possession of a firearm
during the commission of a crime. To

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this day, the exact and clear
motive behind this senseless act remains quite the

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mystery. Sheriff Darryl Dix two has
not offered a lot of insight, simply

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stating that it appeared to be linked
to an ongoing romantic dispute. Whether Jonathan

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Gilbert was directly involved in this dispute, however, remains unclear. Although this

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case is quite twisted, we can't
establish for a fact that the lover's quarrel

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police kept repeating was the only reason. We do have interviews conducted by news

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agencies that have some insights to offer
in the matter. An interview with Kaylee

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Morgan, for instance, revealed that
she was Tyler's best friend and one very

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important factor in this entire lover's quarrel
situation. She and Tyler had gotten very

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close as friends recently, and she
had invited him to her home, and

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that's when Sidney had come to the
house to vandalize it. In order to

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understand the situation more clearly, there's
one more thing you need to know.

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Sidney was Tyler's ex girlfriend and probably
did not just want to take out her

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anger on Tyler. She also probably
suspected a romantic relationship between Tyler and Cayley,

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and so over something so childish and
petty as not having the dignity to

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move on from a relationship that was
over. A young life was tragically lost,

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mercilessly taken away. Now some of
us might be wondering if it makes

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sense to charge all three with malicious
murder for what initially appeared as a simple

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act of vandalism. To shed some
light on this issue, let's have some

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insight into the legal perspective and understand
the event in its entirety. This murder

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situation can be compared to a bank
robbery scenario. In a bank heist,

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there are typically individuals with distinct roles, a driver, a person who enters

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the bank to commit the robbery and
to look out. Each plays a very

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crucial role, and they all participate
in the crime as a collective effort,

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and therefore, or if any one
is charged with the crime of stealing the

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money, others involved are also held
accountable, regardless of the role they played.

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Similarly, in this case we're discussing, all three individuals were active participants

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in the events that unfolded. It
is not unreasonable to assume that they were

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all aware of the presence of a
firearm in the car, as well as

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the intent to engage in criminal activity. Even the act of purchasing the eggs

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to be used in the vandalism can
be viewed as a conscious involvement in this

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collective action. Hence, it was
only reasonable that all three individuals face charges

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in connection with this incident. It's
indeed regrettable that they didn't anticipate the dire

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consequences of their actions, but legally
speaking, they were all knowing participants in

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this ill fated endeavor. Imagine for
a moment if they had gotten away with

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it, if they'd never figured out
who shot this man, well, then

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those three would be complicit in the
evasion of justice. This true crime case

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really highlights the concept of shared responsibility. In the eyes of the law.

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While the circumstances may differ, it
serves as a stark reminder that individuals involved

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in a crime, regardless of their
specified role, can be held accountable.

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Now that we've discussed the details related
to the actual murder, let's also explore

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the aftermath and the heartfelt remembrance of
the young life that was lost far too

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soon. Family and friends of the
victim gathered in Flo Villa to remember the

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twenty two year old Jonathan Griffin and
pay their respects to Tyler, celebrating his

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love for fishing and his recent baptism. I have a whole in my soul

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and my spirit that will never be
filled, expressed one family Tyler's grandmother too

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fondly recalled his infectious smile and the
radiance of his big, expressive blue eyes.

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She also shared that he was determined
to turn his life around, leaving

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an indelible void in their hearts.
As Tyler's family attempts to come to terms

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with their loss and move forward,
they have a heartfelt message for the young

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people in their community and appeal to
put aside violence and engage an open,

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empathetic dialogue. They've seen firsthand the
senselessness of such actions and the real pain

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and sorrow they bring. So as
we wrap up the heartbreaking story of Jonathan

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Gilbert, let's try not to remember
him as a statistic but as an actual

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person, a young man with dreams
and aspirations destroyed by what we would all

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agree is really just a petty incident
of the heart. As of the time

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of this recording, the three who
committed this act have not been sentenced,

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so let's leave them a little compassion
as well. But I can't lie.

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I do hope they are punished for
what they've done. Stories like these are

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painful because it's easy to not realize
how one action can never be undone.

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When you get in a car with
your friends to go and get revenge on

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someone, and you're told it's something
as innocent as an egging of a house,

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but then a firearm is placed in
the car just in case, I

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suppose, it's pretty hard to defend
that it's premeditated and heartbreaking. The hardest

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part about doing terrifying and true here
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are actual people, not just black
and white that I'm reading. I wanted

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to shed some light on this story
because egging makes us think of Halloween,

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and Halloween is something fun, but
unfortunately, some innocent appearing mischief is not

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such. So let's all agree that
we love spooky season so much we'll keep

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it all good and clean fun.
Let's all enjoy our little moments of being

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big kids yet again every October,
and cherish what we have and those we

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